Includes material related to celebrations by the Vancouver Chinese community.

Newspaper articles and newsletters describing milestones of the Chinese Cultural Centre, including elections, completion of multi-purpose hall, fundraisers, and visits.

Three blueprint sheets by J. Glanville Price of plans for a two storey brick and wood frame mixed commercial residential building on a site on Fraser Street, Vancouver.

Includes notice of meetings of National Congress of Chinese Canadians, and articles about Tommy Tow and Raymond Chan running for parliament.

Various documents related to the United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (S.U.C.C.E.S.S.) including pamphlets, annual reports and newsletters

Articles from Sing Tao Daily and Christian Info News on Lieutenant Governor David Lam.

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Also includes General Steamers Payroll #99B : 2nd half March, 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Also includes Payroll 99A, 1st half January, 1931, general steamers

Forms filled in by hand that the total time worked by employees, their rate of pay, gross amounts, deductions and final balance

Berthing lists of passengers on the Princess Patricia sailing between British Columbia, California, and Mexico, for voyages number one to number eleven inclusive for the season 1965-1966.

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Also includes General Steamers Payroll #99A : 1st Half October, 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Item also includes General Steamers Payroll #99B : 2nd half August, 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Item also includes General Steamers : 2nd half July, 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Item also includes General steamers payroll #99b : 2nd half June, 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Item also includes General Steamers Payroll #99B : 2nd half May 1931

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department. Also includes Payroll #99A General steamers : 1st half April, 1931.

Charts indicating the payroll distribution by steamship and department

Tables of "British Columbia Coast Service Fleet, Insurance Data," for each of the years 1951-1959

1968 passenger accommodation plan and a room list for the second Princess of Patricia ship

Passenger accommodation plans for the second Princess Marguerite, including an April 1967 plan, December 1967, December 1968, and 1971. One signed by William Harris

Photocopies of portraits of sports teams on which Quene Yip played, some by C.B. Wand; a photographic reproduction of a Yip family portrait from ca. 1920.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company steamship tracks charts, with markings regarding a voyage from Manila to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan, Honolulu, and then Canada. From an unidentified ship. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford.

Canadian Pacific Railway Company steamship tracks charts, with markings regarding a voyage from Vancouver to Honolulu, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila. From an unidentified ship. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford.

Two unmarked Canadian Pacific Railway Company steamship tracks charts. From an unidentified ship. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford.

Technical drawings and plans for the Princess of Vancouver. Titles include: Aux. Mach. : Seats Index; 1. Aux Mach. : Shaft Bearings and Shaft Breaks; 2. Aux. Mach. : 14 Contam. L/O Pump 14 F.O. Transfer Pump; 3. Aux. Mac. : F.W. Pressure Tank Com. F. W. and San. Pump; 4. Aux. Mach. : 13. Oily Water Separator; 5. Aux. Mach. : 5. Ballast Pumps; 6 Aux. Mach. : 9. Air Compressors - Clutch Air Tanks; 7. Aux Mach. : 6. Bilge and Fire Pump 7. Vacuum Pumps 8. Vacuum Tank; 8. Aux. Mach. : 16. Lube Oil Pumps, 24,41. Lube Oil Storage Tanks; 9. Aux. Mach. : 23. Fuel Oil Service Tank ; 10. Aux Mach. : 4. Service Diesel Generators; 11. Aux. Mach. : 20. Main Eng. Silencers; 12. Aux Mach. : 2. Accessory Racks; 13. Aux. Mach. : 10. Starting Air Vessels. 11. SW Circ Pumps for Stern; 14. Aux Mach. : 30. F. W. Heater; 15. Aux. Mach. : 12. Stewage Tank and Pump, 32. Drinkwater Cooker; 16. Aux Mach. : 31. Air Compressors; 17. Aux. Mach. : 38. Silencer for Service Diesel Generators; 18. Aux. Mach. : Silencer and Hydr. Windlass Pump in Bow Thruster Compt.; 19. Aux. Mach. : Storage Tanks for Capstan and Stearing Gear; 20. Aux. Mach. : 37. D.O. Filter; 21. Aux. Mach. : Equipment in Control Booth; 22. Aux. Mach. : Oil Tanks in Bow Thruster Compt.; 23 Aux. Mach. : Pumps and Separator in Bow Thruster Compt.; 24 Aux. Mach. : CO2 Boilers in Engine Room; 25. Aux. Mach. : Galley and Toilet Exhaust Fans; 27. Aux. Mach. : A.C. Plant and Condensing Unites for Galley Freezzer [sic] & Cooler; and 28. Aux. Mach. : Storage Tank for Generator L.O.

Deck plans for the Princess Marguerite. Titles include: Orlop Deck, "A" Deck : Location of Fire Fighting Equipment and Live Saving Appliances on this Deck (3 copies); Promenade Deck, "D" Deck, Location of Fire Fighting Equipment and Life Saving Appliances on this Deck; and Boat Deck, "E" Deck, Location of Fire Fighting Equipment on this Deck.

Plans and technical drawings for the ship Princess of Nanaimo. File includes: General Arrangements, Upper Deck (2 copies); General Arrangements, Saloon Deck; General Arrangements, Prom Deck; Boat Deck & Wheelhouse Top (2 copies); H. P. Rotor; several drawings dating from 1951 labelled 1 to 70, including Plan 1 - Offsets (2 copies); Plan 2 - Midship Section (2 copies); Plan 3 - Fabricated Sternframe & Details of Rudder Stuffing Box (2 copies); Plan 4 - Details of Rudder (2 copies); Plan 5 - Shaft Bracket Castings (2 copies); Plan 6 Shell Expansion (2 copies); Plan 7 - Orlop Deck Plating - Forward (2 copies); Plan 8 - Orlop Deck Plating - Aft (2 copies); Plan 9 - Main Deck Plating; Plan 10 - Upper Deck Plating; Plan 11 - Saloon Deck Plating; Plan 12 - Promenade Deck Plating; Plan 13 - Boat Deck Plating (2 copies); Plan 15 - Rigging Plan; Plan 16 - Boat Storage Arrangements (2 copies); Plan 17 - General Arrangement - Hold (3 copies); Plan 18 - General Arrangement - Orlop Deck (3 copies); Plan 19 - General Arrangement - Main Deck (3 copies); Plan 20 - General Arrangement - Upper Deck (2 copies); Plan 21 - General Arrangement - Saloon Deck (3 copies); Plan 22 - General Arrangement - Promenade Deck (3 copies); Plan 23 - General Arrangement - Boat Deck & Wheelhouse Top (3 copies); Plan 24 - Inboard Profile (2 copies); Plan 25 - Oil Fuel Filling, Suction, Air, Overflow, & Sounding Arrangements; Plan 26 - Bilge and Ballast (2 copies); Plan 27 - Key Plan of Firefighting Equipment; Plan 28 - Ventilation Arrangements - Main & Orlop Decks; Plan 29 - Ventilation Arrangements - Saloon & Upper Decks; Plan 30 - Ventilation Arrangements - Profile, Boat & Promenade Decks; Plan 31 - Fire & Wash Deck Services - Main & Orlop Decks; Plan 32 - Fire & Wash Deck Services - Saloon & Upper Decks; Plan 33 - Fire & Wash Deck Services - Profile, Boat & Promenade Decks; Plan 34 - Drainage Arrangements - Main & Orlop Decks ; Plan 35 - Drainage Arrangements - Saloon & Upper Decks; Plan 36 - Drainage Arrangements - Profile, Boat & Promenade Decks (2 copies); Plan 35 - Steam Heating Arrangements - Main & Orlop Decks; Plan 36 - Steam Heating Arrangements - Saloon & Upper Decks; Plan 39 - Steam Heating Arrangements - Profile, Boat & Promenade Decks; Plan 40 - Hot & Cold, Fresh & Salt Water Services - Saloon & Upper Decks; Plan 41 - Hot & Cold, Fresh & Salt Water Services - Main & Orlop Decks; Plan 42 - Hot & Cold, Fresh & Salt Water Services - Profile, Boat & Promenade Decks; Plans 43 through 49 - "Grinnell" Sprinkler System Arrangement for all decks; Plan 50 - List of Automatic Fireproof Ventilation Valves; Plan 51 - Capacity Plan & Deadweight Scale; Plan 52 - Stability Curves and Metacentric Diagram; Plan 53 - Stability and Trim Particulars (2 copies); Plan 54 - Graduated Capacities of Oil Fuel, Res. Feed & Fresh Water Tanks; Plan 58 - Subdivision Curves; Plan 59 - Lines Plan; Plan 60 - Circle Trials on Firth of Clyde; and Plan 70 - Subdivision Plan.

Oversize menu and placemat from the Princess Louise.

Oversize promotional pamphlets advertising cruise destinations and ship amenities on the Duchess of Richmond. Titles are: California, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico : all in one summer cruise (2 copies) and Mediterranean Cruise 1932.

Oversize pamphlets promoting cruises to the West Indies on the Empress of Scotland. Titles are: Canadian Pacific West Indies Cruises : Empress of Scotland Plan, Empress of Scotland, West Indies Cruises by Empress of Scotland.

Oversize pamphlets promoting cruises to the West Indies on the Empress of Scotland. Titles are: West Indies-South America cruises : 1955 (2 copies), and Canadian Pacific West Indies Cruises : Empress of Scotland plan (2 copies).

Deck plans of the second Empress of Scotland, including a 1950 tissue deck plan and two pamphlet-form plans of the ship's accommodations, dating from 1950 and 1952.

Pamphlets promoting cruises on the Empress of Canada. Titles include: West Indies-South America Cruises by Canadian Pacific : Empress of Canada, Empress of England, Caribbean Cruises : Empress of Canada, Go Empress Across the Atlantic with Canadian Pacific, Go Empress to Europe, and Empress of Canada Caribbean Cruises from New York 1970/71. One pamphlet includes deck plans.

Pamphlets advertising European and Mediterranean cruises and tours. Titles include: Art Crafts Guild Cultural Tours to Europe 1929, the Colling Overseas Tours, and Sun Tan Cruises 1934.

Pamphlets advertising West Indies cruises on the Empress of Australia. Two copies.

Tissue deck plans for the Empresses of Asia and Russia dated Nov. 1931, May 1933, May 1936, Apr. 1937, and Mar. 1939.

File contains a scroll awarded to William A. Mason, a purser on the Empress of Russia, by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in recognition of his service in the war of 1914-1918, and an envelope.

Tissue deck plans for the Empress of Canada, dated 1924, Oct. 1931 and Jun. 1932.

Tissue deck plans for the first Empress of Canada, dated May 1934 (2 copies), Apr. 1937, and Feb. 1939.

Tissue deck plans for the Empress of Japan, dated Oct. 1931, May 1934, May 1926 and Apr. 1937

Tissue deck plans for the third Montcalm, the second Montrose, the Montclare, and the Duchess steamships Atholl, Bedford, York, and Richmond. Deck plans of the Montcalm, Montrose, and Montclare for the following years: August, 1923 and March, 1928 (with interior views), and February 1930, July 1935, and March, 1937 (colour coded with interior views). Deck plans of the Duchess steamships Atholl, Bedford, York, and Richmond are for the following years: September 1930, November and December 1931, and March 1934 (all with interior views).

Plans and technical drawings for the ships Princess Elizabeth and Princess Joan, both vessels built to the same design and launched in 1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan and Glasgow, Scotland. File includes drawings titled: Twin Screw Steamer "Princess Elizabeth" Trim Diagrams (14 May 1930); T.S.S. "Princess Joan" General Arrangements, Hold, Orlop & Main Decks (19 May 1930, two copies); T.S.S. "Princess Elizabeth" and "Princess Joan" General Arrangements, Upper, Promenade, and Boat Decks; Nos. 638 & 639, Orlop Deck Plating (with annotations); T.S.S. Princess Joan & Elizabeth, As Fitted With Fire Protection Installations (18 Apr. 1951, 3 copies); and S.S. "Princess Elizabeth" Showing Proposed Re-Arrangement of Accommodation for Alaska Cruise Service.

Plans for the ship Princess Kathleen, built and launched in 1924 by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, and re-fitted in 1947 after war service. File includes drawings titled: T.S.S. "Princess Kathleen" Midship Section (11 August 1944); Diagram of Electric Light and Power Circuits (As Fitted) (11 June 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Orlop Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Main Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Upper Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Prom Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Boat Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Bridge Deck (As Fitted) (July 1947); Arrangements of Lighting Circuits, Hold Plan (As Fitted) (July 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Orlop Deck (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Main Deck (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Upper Deck (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Prom Deck (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Boat Deck (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, House Tops (9 October 1947); Hot & Cold F[resh] W[ater] & Sanitary Systems, Profile (9 October 1947); (As Fitted) Stewards Call System (22 October 1947); Hold (As Fitted) (10 November 1947); Orlop Deck (As Fitted) (8 October 1947); Main Deck (As Fitted) (1947); Upper Deck (As Fitted) (30 October 1947); Boat Deck (As Fitted) (30 October 1947); Deckhouse Top & Bridge (As Fitted) (30 October 1947); Top of Wheelhouse & Officers Deckhouse (As Fitted) (17 November 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Orlop Deck (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Main Deck (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Upper Deck (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Prom Deck (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Boat Deck (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, House Tops (16 December 1947); Scuppers & Discharges, Profile (16 December 1947); Main Switch board, Wiring Diagram (6 January 1948); Loud Talking Telephones, Laryngaphones, & Shore Telephones (January 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Orlop Deck (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Main Deck (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Upper Deck (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Prom Deck (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Boat Deck (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Deckhouse & Bridge (30 March 1948); Heating & Ventilation, Inboard Profile (30 March 1948); and Circuits - Log, Alarm, Reply Bells, Clocks, P[ublic] A[ddress] System, and Revolution Indicators 'As Fitted' (27 April 1948).

Plans for the ship Melita dating from August 1922, January 1929 and September 1930. Two of the deck plans are colour coded with photographs of the ship's interior.

Deck plans for the Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Bedford, Duchess of York and Duchess of Richmond, dated Dec. 1928, Apr. 1929 and Jul. 1929. Colour coded with interior views on the verso.

Deck plans for the Duchess of Bedford from 1931-1932. 3 plans, 2 each with an additional copy. One also has plans for the Empress of Australia.

Deck plans related to the first Empress of France and Mediterranean cruises made by the ship, including a 1923 deck plan, a deck plan for the ship's 1927 Mediterranean cruise, and a 1931 colour coded deck plan with interior views on the verso.